"Haizaki-kun left the basketball club didn't he?"

"Yes! Apparently he got kicked out, but that's only a rumor.."

"Kise-kun joined in his place though! Kya! I never thought I'd see the day~!"

"Aww, but they banned people from watching due to all his fans. We can't see Kise-kun anymore!"

"Don't forget about everyone else in the basketball team as well!"

"Ugh! I hate this fangirl ban."

The noisy group of friends continued chattering on to other subjects, and slowly, Ayame zoned out of their conversation once again.

ooo

Ayame sighed, letting go of her thoughts from yesterday. Ever since 'the incident', she had not been able to visit Akashi-san at all. However, the reasons were reversed this time.

"I'll see you soon, Shirokawa-san."

The look he left her before he returned to class stayed in her mind all week. Even though her worried classmates were able to accept the flimsy excuse of "It's not permanent!", "I'm alright!" and "Don't worry!", she had a nagging feeling like Akashi-san wasn't that type of person. "It" was still a sore spot to her, and there would be no time soon where she was telling anyone about it. That included Akashi-san.

And finally after a week of hesitation, she had finally decided to arrive at school early to find him. But apparently, she was having second thoughts again.

Sighing again, Ayame stood up from her chair and started walking out of her class. Today was the one day of the week where band practice was off, which meant she had all the time in the world to find an excuse to visit Akashi before another week passed by.

Her mind weighed out the choices.

She walked out of the empty class with a frown, thinking. Her legs was dragging her to the gym while her head was still in thought, and by the time she arrived at the gym, she had still not made up her mind.

"Might as well go in now that I'm here.." the girl said to herself.

She quietly opened the door to the sight of dedicated members practicing, only to be automatically told off.

"No fangirls here!" a nameless boy said strictly.

Confused, she stared at the boy for a few moments, until she finally remembered the chattering she over heard the day before. That's right, fangirls were now officially banned!

"How did I forget that?" she thought frantically.

Quickly apologizing, she bowed her head to the cranky boy in front of her.

"I'm sorry! I for-"

"Ayame-san?" a familiar voice called.

Pulling her gaze away from the boy she was apologizing to, she found Akashi walking towards her. Flashing a hopeful look, she turned to the previously cranky boy for permission to pass.

"Let her in." the red head confirmed.

Nodding immediately, the boy turned to make way for her. Ayame breezed pass and walked up to the redhead, trying to look normal. But as she looked at him, she noticed the slight narrowing of his eyebrows.

"Why are you here?" he asked coldly. The redhead had been dealing a lot lately, with the removal of Haizaki, and especially with Kise's (annoying) fans putting him on the line. Although he was quite adapt at keeping these things in, he had finally broke a nerve. And unfortunately for him, he had just accidentally taken it out on the person who least deserved it.

For Ayame though, it felt like deja-vu all over again, with the stranger-like tone in his voice. Her automatic reaction was panic and apologies, causing her to be unaware of the slight regret in Akashi's face.

"I'm so sorry! I've.. I've been really busy lately, with my band and you know!" she babbled on, fumbling out more excuses. "I've been trying to find time to visit, and it took until uhm today to see you. And.. well.. we're friends... so I thought... it'd be nice to see you.." she mumbled, trailing off at the end.

The captain kept his face nonchalant, but smiled on the outside. "Don't worry." he said somewhat comfortingly, this time keeping mind of her feelings.

"You're here to tell me more about your band, aren't you?"

Ayame nodded enthusiastically, now happy with the lack of coldness in his voice. She continued talking to him, keeping him updated with the two weeks of news, but never mentioning 'the incident'. As long as she would be able to avoid the subject, she would be able to face Akashi and talk to him normally.

Pausing halfway through her story to check her watch, Ayame realized her time was over. "Class is starting! I've going to get going now! Bye Akashi-san!"

"Wait."

She turned around. "Hm?"

"You talk about your band so enthusiastically to me, would there be any chance that I will hear you soon?" he asked casually.

Smiling mysteriously, she walked off with her ivory hair flowing in the wind.

"Very soon!"

short chapter

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